Patent · US Expired

Spring and shaft assembly for handling and dipping flexible belts

US5772767A · kind A · utility

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3References

9Claims

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Assignee

Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

John S. Chambers · Rochester, US
Ronald E. Godlove · Bergen, US
Huoy-Jen Yuh · Pittsford, US
Timothy J. Leenhouts · Fairport, US
Rachael A. Forgit · Rochester, US
Robert T. Cosgrove · Rochester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 17, 1996
Grant date	Jun 30, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 17, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T279/17957
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention discloses an apparatus for holding and transporting a hollow flexible belt throughout a coating process. The apparatus includes a spring and shaft assembly which is placed into the hollow portion of a seamless flexible belt. The spring portion of the assembly until it is transformed into a belt carrying chucking device. The chucking device is then attached to a mechanical handling device, and the the belt is transported through the dipping and coating process. This allows the belt to be transformed into an organic photoreceptor. The chucking device and flexible belt are then removed from the mechanical handling device, and the chuck is removed from the inside of the photoreceptor.

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